United Arab Emirates

Many Persian Gulf Arabs are frightened and pessimistic about the uprisings and revolutions that are sweeping the Middle East and are too afraid to speak out against their rulers. According to a new opinion poll commissioned by the Qatar-based public......

The oil-rich country of the United Arab Emirates is full of supposedly happy citizens enjoying a generous welfare system. But even so, it has not been spared the wave of pro-democracy sentiment that has engulfed the Arab world, as scholars......

Alfalfa growers considering an additional tool to help bring in a harvest are concerned about possible export bans from lucrative markets currently buying Imperial County produce. Roundup Ready alfalfa is a crop with genetically modified organisms...

After depressed sales three years ago, alfalfa exports to China doubled and may be a sign of growth for the year ahead. China understands the value of better-quality dairy cattle, said Adam Lyerly, El Toro Exports, sales manager. And U.S. hay has...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is hoping to foster dramatic talent in the Middle East with a new theater arts academy. The joint venture by the Kevin Spacey Foundation and another group led by an Emirati...

Anthony Weiner refuses to comment on his wife's alleged pregnancy...

Hillary Clinton issues Shermanesque statement about heading the World Bank....

The New York Time is reporting that Erik Prince, Holland Native and Blackwater founder, has been hired to build a battalion operation in the Middle East. Prince was hired by Abu Dhabi to build the 800-member battalion of non-Muslim foreign troops for...

When Middle East peace talks began this month in Washington, there were glimmers of optimism and excitement over the renewed discourse between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, which hadn't engaged in direct talks in almost two years. But since then,....

The Egyptian-American comic Ahmed Ahmed finally made it to Orlando, missing a flight thanks to a two and a half hour hassle with British customs officials who profiled him and cast a a jaundiced eye at him boarding a flight from London to Orlando. “...

There is a diplomatic storm brewing between Canada and the United Arab Emirates, and the latest twist involves a mystery assassin. On Tuesday, Dubai's chief of police, Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan, slammed Canadian authorities for allegedly dragging their feet...

EVANSTON, Ill. — For the fifth straight year, Northwestern University is one of the top 10 producers of U.S. Fulbright scholarship recipients among research institutions, …...